random stuff
6/7/11, 01:24 PM
#123
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enjoyed seeing all the hot rods come thru elkton today 
.. they like waving at us as much as we like waving at them .. you know which cars i waited for ..
.. they like waving at us as much as we like waving at them .. you know which cars i waited for ..
........
6/14/11, 05:20 PM
#125
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i want some old farm stuff for yard art .. if your great grandpa`s old horse drawn plow is still rusting away in your back yard tell me what you want for it .. i mite take it off your hands 
6/23/11, 06:03 PM
#126
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i dont know if i`ve shared this before but for some reason i seem to attract wrens .. i love the little beasts so i tollerate them .. even invading my car and garrage .. two years ago they nested in my stang .. last year they nested in my welder .. this year they`ve nested in my antique set of scales i have hanging on my shop wall 
6/23/11, 06:59 PM
#127
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Barn swallows have invaded my barn. Imagine that! If they could be potty trained they wouldnt be so bad. They do keep the mosquito population down.
6/29/11, 04:09 PM
#128
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i bet you have to read it more than once to get it ... if you`re a man that is ..
This is a story which is perfectly logical to all males:
A wife asked her husband, "Could you please go shopping for me
and buy a carton of milk, and if they have eggs, get 6."
A short time later the husband returned with 6 cartons of milk.
The wife asked him, "Why did you buy 6 cartons of milk???"
He replied, "They had eggs."
A wife asked her husband, "Could you please go shopping for me
and buy a carton of milk, and if they have eggs, get 6."
A short time later the husband returned with 6 cartons of milk.
The wife asked him, "Why did you buy 6 cartons of milk???"
He replied, "They had eggs."
7/14/11, 10:14 AM
#131
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Revelation..
A revelation with an Incredibly Big Message.[IBM]
In ancient Israel,it came to pass,that a trader by the name of Abraham Com,did take unto himself,a young wife by the name of Dot.And Dot Com was a comely woman,broad of shoulder,and long of leg.Indeed,she was often called Amazon Dot Com.And she said to Abraham,her husband:''Why dost thou travel so far from town to town with thy goods when thou canst trade without even leaving thy tent?''
And Abraham did look at her as though she was several saddle bags short of a camel load,but simply said:''How,dear?''
And Dot replied:''I will place drums in all the towns and drums in between to send messages saying what you have for sale,and they will reply telling you who hath the best price'.
And thesale can be made the drums and delivery made by Uriahs Pony Stable.[UPS]
Abraham thought long and hard and decided to let Dot have her way with the drums.
And the drums rang out and were an immediate success.Abraham sold all the goods he had at a top price,without even having to move from his tent.
To prevent neighbouring countries overhearing what the drums were saying,Dot devised a system that only she and the drummers knew.It was called Must Send Drum Over Sound...[MSDOS],and she also developed a language to transmit ideas and pictures-Hebrew To The People[HTTP].But this secret did arouse envy.
A man called Maccabia did secrete himself inside Abrahams drum and began to siphon off some of Abrahams business.But he was soon discovered,arrested and prosecuted for insider trading.
And the young men did take to Dot Coms trading,as doth the greedy horse fly taketh to camel dung..
They were called Nomadic Ecclesiastical Rich Dominican Sybarites,or NERDS.
And,lo,the land was so feverish with joy at the new riches and the deafening sound of drums,that the real riches were going to that enterprising drum dealer,Brother William of Gates,who bought up every drum maker in the land.And indeed did insist on drums to be made that would work only with Brother Gates''drum heads and drum sticks.
And Dot did say:Oh,Abraham,what we have started is being taken over by others''.
And Abraham looked out over the Bay of Ezekiel,or e Bay,as it came to be known.
He said:We need a name that reflects what we are.''
And Dot replied:Young Ambitious Hebrew Owner Operators. ''YAHOO.said Abraham,and because it was Dots idea,they named it YAHOO Dot Com.
Abrahams cousin,Joshua,being the young Gregarious Energetic Educated Kid[GEEK] that he was,soon started using Dots drums to locate things around the countryside.
It soon became known as Gods Own Official Guide to Locating Everything.[GOOGLE]
And that is how it all began..
A revelation with an Incredibly Big Message.[IBM]
In ancient Israel,it came to pass,that a trader by the name of Abraham Com,did take unto himself,a young wife by the name of Dot.And Dot Com was a comely woman,broad of shoulder,and long of leg.Indeed,she was often called Amazon Dot Com.And she said to Abraham,her husband:''Why dost thou travel so far from town to town with thy goods when thou canst trade without even leaving thy tent?''
And Abraham did look at her as though she was several saddle bags short of a camel load,but simply said:''How,dear?''
And Dot replied:''I will place drums in all the towns and drums in between to send messages saying what you have for sale,and they will reply telling you who hath the best price'.
And thesale can be made the drums and delivery made by Uriahs Pony Stable.[UPS]
Abraham thought long and hard and decided to let Dot have her way with the drums.
And the drums rang out and were an immediate success.Abraham sold all the goods he had at a top price,without even having to move from his tent.
To prevent neighbouring countries overhearing what the drums were saying,Dot devised a system that only she and the drummers knew.It was called Must Send Drum Over Sound...[MSDOS],and she also developed a language to transmit ideas and pictures-Hebrew To The People[HTTP].But this secret did arouse envy.
A man called Maccabia did secrete himself inside Abrahams drum and began to siphon off some of Abrahams business.But he was soon discovered,arrested and prosecuted for insider trading.
And the young men did take to Dot Coms trading,as doth the greedy horse fly taketh to camel dung..
They were called Nomadic Ecclesiastical Rich Dominican Sybarites,or NERDS.
And,lo,the land was so feverish with joy at the new riches and the deafening sound of drums,that the real riches were going to that enterprising drum dealer,Brother William of Gates,who bought up every drum maker in the land.And indeed did insist on drums to be made that would work only with Brother Gates''drum heads and drum sticks.
And Dot did say:Oh,Abraham,what we have started is being taken over by others''.
And Abraham looked out over the Bay of Ezekiel,or e Bay,as it came to be known.
He said:We need a name that reflects what we are.''
And Dot replied:Young Ambitious Hebrew Owner Operators. ''YAHOO.said Abraham,and because it was Dots idea,they named it YAHOO Dot Com.
Abrahams cousin,Joshua,being the young Gregarious Energetic Educated Kid[GEEK] that he was,soon started using Dots drums to locate things around the countryside.
It soon became known as Gods Own Official Guide to Locating Everything.[GOOGLE]
And that is how it all began..
7/28/11, 01:19 PM
#135
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Us older people need to learn something new every day just to keep the grey matter tuned up.
Where did "**** Poor" and a few other common terms come from?
They used to use urine to tan animal skins, so families used to all pee in a pot and then once a day it was taken and sold to the tannery. If you had to do this to survive you were "**** Poor". But worse than that were the really poor folk who couldn't even afford to buy a pot... they "didn't have a pot to **** in" and were the lowest of the low. The next time you are washing your hands and complain because the water temperature isn't just how you like it, think about how things used to be.
Here are some facts about the 1500s
Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May, and they still smelled pretty good by June. However, since they were starting to smell, brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odor. Hence the custom today of carrying a bouquet when getting married.
Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the house had the privilege of the nice clean water, then all the other sons and men, then the women and finally the children. Last of all the babies. By then the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it. Hence the saying, "Don't throw the baby out with the Bath water!"
Houses had thatched roofs (thick straw) piled high, with no wood underneath. It was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the cats and other small animals (mice, bugs) lived in the roof. When it rained it became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and fall off the roof. Hence the saying, "It's raining cats and dogs."
There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house. This posed a real problem in the bedroom where bugs and other droppings could mess up your nice clean bed. Hence, a bed with big posts and a sheet hung over the top afforded some protection. That's how "canopy beds" came into existence.
The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt. Hence the saying, "Dirt Poor." The wealthy had slate floors that would get slippery in the winter when wet, so they spread thresh (straw) on floor to help keep their footing. As the winter wore on, they added more thresh until, when you opened the door, it would all start slipping outside. A piece of wood was placed in the entrance-way. Hence: a "thresh hold."
In those old days, they cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle that always hung over the fire. Every day they lit the fire and added things to the pot. They ate mostly vegetables and did not get much meat. They would eat the stew for dinner, leaving leftovers in the pot to get cold overnight and then start over the next day. Sometimes stew had food in it that had been there for quite a while. Hence the rhyme: "Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot nine days old".
Sometimes they could obtain pork, which made them feel quite special. When visitors came over, they would hang up their bacon to show off. It was a sign of wealth that a man could, "bring home the bacon." They would cut off a little to share with guests and would all sit around and "chew the fat."
Those with money had plates made of pewter. Food with high acid content caused some of the lead to leach onto the food, causing lead poisoning death. This happened most often with tomatoes, so for the next 400 years or so, tomatoes were considered poisonous.
Bread was divided according to status. Workers got the burnt bottom of the loaf, the family got the middle, and guests got the top, or the "upper crust."
Lead cups were used to drink ale or whisky. The combination would sometimes knock the imbibers out for a couple of days. Someone walking along the road would take them for dead and prepare them for burial. They were laid out on the kitchen table for a couple of days and the family would gather around and eat and drink and wait and see if they would wake up. Hence the custom; of "holding a wake".
England is old and small and the local folks started running out of places to bury people. So they would dig up coffins and would take the bones to a bone-house, and reuse the grave. When reopening these coffins, 1 out of 25 coffins were found to have scratch marks on the inside and they realized they had been burying people alive. So they would tie a string on the wrist of the corpse, lead it through the coffin and up through the ground and tie it to a bell. Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard all night (the "graveyard shift.") to listen for the bell; thus, someone could be, "saved by the bell" or was "considered a dead ringer".
Where did "**** Poor" and a few other common terms come from?
They used to use urine to tan animal skins, so families used to all pee in a pot and then once a day it was taken and sold to the tannery. If you had to do this to survive you were "**** Poor". But worse than that were the really poor folk who couldn't even afford to buy a pot... they "didn't have a pot to **** in" and were the lowest of the low. The next time you are washing your hands and complain because the water temperature isn't just how you like it, think about how things used to be.
Here are some facts about the 1500s
Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May, and they still smelled pretty good by June. However, since they were starting to smell, brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odor. Hence the custom today of carrying a bouquet when getting married.
Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the house had the privilege of the nice clean water, then all the other sons and men, then the women and finally the children. Last of all the babies. By then the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it. Hence the saying, "Don't throw the baby out with the Bath water!"
Houses had thatched roofs (thick straw) piled high, with no wood underneath. It was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the cats and other small animals (mice, bugs) lived in the roof. When it rained it became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and fall off the roof. Hence the saying, "It's raining cats and dogs."
There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house. This posed a real problem in the bedroom where bugs and other droppings could mess up your nice clean bed. Hence, a bed with big posts and a sheet hung over the top afforded some protection. That's how "canopy beds" came into existence.
The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt. Hence the saying, "Dirt Poor." The wealthy had slate floors that would get slippery in the winter when wet, so they spread thresh (straw) on floor to help keep their footing. As the winter wore on, they added more thresh until, when you opened the door, it would all start slipping outside. A piece of wood was placed in the entrance-way. Hence: a "thresh hold."
In those old days, they cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle that always hung over the fire. Every day they lit the fire and added things to the pot. They ate mostly vegetables and did not get much meat. They would eat the stew for dinner, leaving leftovers in the pot to get cold overnight and then start over the next day. Sometimes stew had food in it that had been there for quite a while. Hence the rhyme: "Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot nine days old".
Sometimes they could obtain pork, which made them feel quite special. When visitors came over, they would hang up their bacon to show off. It was a sign of wealth that a man could, "bring home the bacon." They would cut off a little to share with guests and would all sit around and "chew the fat."
Those with money had plates made of pewter. Food with high acid content caused some of the lead to leach onto the food, causing lead poisoning death. This happened most often with tomatoes, so for the next 400 years or so, tomatoes were considered poisonous.
Bread was divided according to status. Workers got the burnt bottom of the loaf, the family got the middle, and guests got the top, or the "upper crust."
Lead cups were used to drink ale or whisky. The combination would sometimes knock the imbibers out for a couple of days. Someone walking along the road would take them for dead and prepare them for burial. They were laid out on the kitchen table for a couple of days and the family would gather around and eat and drink and wait and see if they would wake up. Hence the custom; of "holding a wake".
England is old and small and the local folks started running out of places to bury people. So they would dig up coffins and would take the bones to a bone-house, and reuse the grave. When reopening these coffins, 1 out of 25 coffins were found to have scratch marks on the inside and they realized they had been burying people alive. So they would tie a string on the wrist of the corpse, lead it through the coffin and up through the ground and tie it to a bell. Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard all night (the "graveyard shift.") to listen for the bell; thus, someone could be, "saved by the bell" or was "considered a dead ringer".
8/20/11, 08:17 AM
#138
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<DIR><DIR>Automotive History
<DIR>The four Goldberg brothers, Lowell, Norman, Hiram, and Max, invented and
developed the first automobile air-conditioner. On July 17, 1946, the
temperature in Detroit was 97 degrees.
The four brothers walked into old man Henry Ford's office and sweet-talked
his secretary into telling him that four gentlemen were there with the most
exciting innovation in the auto industry since the electric starter.
Henry was curious and invited them into his office. They refused and instead
asked that he come out to the parking lot to their car.
They persuaded him to get into the car, which was about 130 degrees, turned
on the air conditioner, and cooled the car immediately.
The old man got very excited and invited them back to the office where he
offered them $3 million for the patent.
The brothers refused, saying they would settle for $2 million, but they
wanted the recognition by having a label, 'The Goldberg Air-Conditioner,' on
the dashboard of each car in which it was installed.
Now old man Ford was in no way going to put the Goldberg's name on two
million Fords.
They haggled back and forth for about two hours and finally agreed on $4
million and that just their first names would be shown.
And so to this day, all Ford air conditioners show -- Lo, Norm, Hi, and Max
-- on the controls
</DIR></DIR></DIR>
<DIR>The four Goldberg brothers, Lowell, Norman, Hiram, and Max, invented and
developed the first automobile air-conditioner. On July 17, 1946, the
temperature in Detroit was 97 degrees.
The four brothers walked into old man Henry Ford's office and sweet-talked
his secretary into telling him that four gentlemen were there with the most
exciting innovation in the auto industry since the electric starter.
Henry was curious and invited them into his office. They refused and instead
asked that he come out to the parking lot to their car.
They persuaded him to get into the car, which was about 130 degrees, turned
on the air conditioner, and cooled the car immediately.
The old man got very excited and invited them back to the office where he
offered them $3 million for the patent.
The brothers refused, saying they would settle for $2 million, but they
wanted the recognition by having a label, 'The Goldberg Air-Conditioner,' on
the dashboard of each car in which it was installed.
Now old man Ford was in no way going to put the Goldberg's name on two
million Fords.
They haggled back and forth for about two hours and finally agreed on $4
million and that just their first names would be shown.
And so to this day, all Ford air conditioners show -- Lo, Norm, Hi, and Max
-- on the controls
</DIR></DIR></DIR>
8/25/11, 04:13 PM
#139
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i planted these tomatoes in early april ...
it`s now late august and i`ve yet to see any fruit ..i wonder if i purchased the rare but not unheard of " fruitless " tomato ..
do i need to go get my 4 bucks back .. or perhaps the fact that i never gave them water or fertilizer may have been a factor .. i lost my green thumb a long time ago ...
it`s now late august and i`ve yet to see any fruit ..i wonder if i purchased the rare but not unheard of " fruitless " tomato .. do i need to go get my 4 bucks back .. or perhaps the fact that i never gave them water or fertilizer may have been a factor .. i lost my green thumb a long time ago ...