The K-Tel post, It would Seem
I head off to Bangkok next Friday. I have not had a vacation since I retired. Well, unemployment is a bit like vacation, but without the job to return to. And you can't buy stuff because you're, well you know, not working. So, all things considered, going on vacation edges out unemployment as the way to go if you need to relax a little.
We have 4 suitcases packed. I have a toiletry kit, a pair of jeans that I want a street tailor to hem, and an extra shirt. Everything I am packing could fit in my briefcase with my computer. Luckily, we are carrying almost 100% things to give to others, which means that all of those suitcases will be available for the stuff we buy while there. I told the wife we can have 2 suitcases each, up to 50 lbs each. In reality, I'm a Priemer Executive member and I am flying business class. Business class buys me 70 lbs per bag and my elite level allows me a 3rd bag. I have mentioned none of this because, like a goldfish will grow to the size of it's enviornment, a wife will pack to the weight allowance. And then a little more. Let her think its a 200 lb limit. No one needs to fly with 420 lbs of stuff....and then a little more.
OK, now we need to vote in the primary. Who to vote for?? I am so tired of being bent over the table by the GOP. I am so tired of the idiotic notion that the best way to address the economic crisis is to (as Guliani is promising in FL) pass the largest tax cut in American history and increase spending. OK, when money gets tight in my house, I don't quit my job and head to Neiman-Marcus. We need eliminate all the tax breaks, make the tax code fair, and bring in enough to run the government. Less gov't, less taxes. More gov't, more taxes. But we can't have it both ways. So somebody needs to stand up and say, "this is some bitter medicine, but we gotta do it. " I think we're all adults, so tell us the truth.
I was actually going to, for the first time ever,vote democrat early on. Yes, I was an Obama Squirrel, but the more I learn of them, the less I like what I see. Looks like I will still vote republican, but it's got to be , as a kind of play on Gunner's view, anybody but Huckabee. Or Guliani, but Hizzoner is looking to be a bust, so it's not a big concern. I've had enough of candidates like them. I do figure that anybody who has been in the navy, endured torture, and told Michiganders that "the old jobs are gone and are not coming back, so get over it and learn new skills" has the qualities I admire. Now.... if there were just such a candidate. Someone who, when called an old fart, would threaten to send his ninety something year old mother over to kick their ass. Hmmmmm....if only.
All right, well I'm really not all that political. Usually. I possess the same level of political fury as a Fred Thompson. In other words, sure, I'll participate, I mean as long as I won't miss American Gladiators.
Me and my neighbor are feuding. But not to fear, no matter how you score it I am winning. Last Saturday I made her cry. I had hoped she'd swing on me (she has a sense of entitlement AND a temper) so I could call for a deputy. Instead she cried. I'll take it. So her mom wrote me a letter. We live next door, but she wrote me a letter. I wrote "Refused. Return to Sender" on it. If you're gonna be a tough girl, you need to stand up. It's as simple as that. I did not send a letter to tell her to get bent. I said that myself. With a smile, by the way, not tears. Sorry to be so evasive, but you should take away from this that I don't like her. And I'm a like and be liked kinda guy. Normally.
Videos. We've got videos.
Old Tony Joe White (As mentioned by SCOTS): I know you know this one. Bonus question - Do you understad his reference to a "truck patch"?
New Tony Joe White feeling old & fiesty:
Portland, OR Uh-huh!
Billy Joe - Black Rose
I absolutely LOVED this song...
...and this one too!!
Oh so 80's, out
Ramblin' Ed
We have 4 suitcases packed. I have a toiletry kit, a pair of jeans that I want a street tailor to hem, and an extra shirt. Everything I am packing could fit in my briefcase with my computer. Luckily, we are carrying almost 100% things to give to others, which means that all of those suitcases will be available for the stuff we buy while there. I told the wife we can have 2 suitcases each, up to 50 lbs each. In reality, I'm a Priemer Executive member and I am flying business class. Business class buys me 70 lbs per bag and my elite level allows me a 3rd bag. I have mentioned none of this because, like a goldfish will grow to the size of it's enviornment, a wife will pack to the weight allowance. And then a little more. Let her think its a 200 lb limit. No one needs to fly with 420 lbs of stuff....and then a little more.
OK, now we need to vote in the primary. Who to vote for?? I am so tired of being bent over the table by the GOP. I am so tired of the idiotic notion that the best way to address the economic crisis is to (as Guliani is promising in FL) pass the largest tax cut in American history and increase spending. OK, when money gets tight in my house, I don't quit my job and head to Neiman-Marcus. We need eliminate all the tax breaks, make the tax code fair, and bring in enough to run the government. Less gov't, less taxes. More gov't, more taxes. But we can't have it both ways. So somebody needs to stand up and say, "this is some bitter medicine, but we gotta do it. " I think we're all adults, so tell us the truth.
I was actually going to, for the first time ever,vote democrat early on. Yes, I was an Obama Squirrel, but the more I learn of them, the less I like what I see. Looks like I will still vote republican, but it's got to be , as a kind of play on Gunner's view, anybody but Huckabee. Or Guliani, but Hizzoner is looking to be a bust, so it's not a big concern. I've had enough of candidates like them. I do figure that anybody who has been in the navy, endured torture, and told Michiganders that "the old jobs are gone and are not coming back, so get over it and learn new skills" has the qualities I admire. Now.... if there were just such a candidate. Someone who, when called an old fart, would threaten to send his ninety something year old mother over to kick their ass. Hmmmmm....if only.
All right, well I'm really not all that political. Usually. I possess the same level of political fury as a Fred Thompson. In other words, sure, I'll participate, I mean as long as I won't miss American Gladiators.
Me and my neighbor are feuding. But not to fear, no matter how you score it I am winning. Last Saturday I made her cry. I had hoped she'd swing on me (she has a sense of entitlement AND a temper) so I could call for a deputy. Instead she cried. I'll take it. So her mom wrote me a letter. We live next door, but she wrote me a letter. I wrote "Refused. Return to Sender" on it. If you're gonna be a tough girl, you need to stand up. It's as simple as that. I did not send a letter to tell her to get bent. I said that myself. With a smile, by the way, not tears. Sorry to be so evasive, but you should take away from this that I don't like her. And I'm a like and be liked kinda guy. Normally.
Videos. We've got videos.
Old Tony Joe White (As mentioned by SCOTS): I know you know this one. Bonus question - Do you understad his reference to a "truck patch"?
New Tony Joe White feeling old & fiesty:
Portland, OR Uh-huh!
Billy Joe - Black Rose
I absolutely LOVED this song...
...and this one too!!
Oh so 80's, out
Ramblin' Ed
That's what I'm about. Ramblin' Ed at 8:25 AM
5 comments:
Bring me back something exciting.
Just passing by, in a hurry, but when I get a chance I'll check out Tony Joe and maybe offer a rib-tickling comment.
Pretty darned eclectic mix there, Ed. Tony Joe seems to have aged well. Truck patch is what you grew for the local market is what I always thought it meant.
Sorry, but nothing rib-tickling today.
3rd effing time trying to post what with trying to decipher that secret code word thing there.
Yes. A watermelon truck patch would be to grow enough watermelons to sell out of the back of the truck at a farmers market, side of the road, etc. Good job
The word thingy is telling you yer old.
I would suppose your vacation is about over...Will check vids later on.
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