The Nissan "Cube"

It's the new black.

...whatever that means...

I guess so, because I can't see a whole lot of rednecks buying one.

I guess it's kinda like the Scion, the uglier it is the more Libs like it.

...Or it kicks your gay gene into hyperdrive.

I bet they're surprised

Over at Wolfram Alpha- that there are alot of people looking for a replacement for that overly influential Liberal conglomerate called Google.

Except that it's not really a search engine.
Maybe they will get into that, then my ISP won't be linked to searches for 'cubby chicks' in their data banks forever.

The Texas Lege

They gave us a watered down "Voter ID" bill, which exempts the 'elderly'. indigent and the poor from having to show their ID wile voting.
The forms of ID that are acceptable are .gov issued IDs ...and....utiliy bills- with your name the name you want to use on it.

Okay...it's a start.

NOW in the upcoming legislative calender is a Credit Card ID bill that will force stores to check IDs when using credit cards. Basically they'll have to show the same ID that check writers do.

And I'm waiting for the usual outcries about the elderly, poor, indigent and the rest of the floor show about people being repressed -or something- for having to prove who they are.

State Sen. Leticia Van de Putte (D-San Antonio), don't you care about the poor? OR....is your opposition to a voter ID act that's at least as strong as a Credit Card bill some how ....politically motivated?

Some luuuv for Mavrick fans

Mark Cuban is a classless @sshole.

...Who doesn't have the balls to face an old lady.

...Or visit a city who he's dissed.









And I don't even watch basketball.

$101.83 in grorceries

That's seven loosely filled bags and two gallons of oil.


Looks like the Obamaconomy is kicking in. Especially since every time I look at a gas station, the price is higher than the last.


.....AND....
Whatisit?

Hint:
Not sheep.
Not Polar bears.


Lastly, which looks better, green or brown (tan)?




Also, updates to yesterdays post.

And I missed it

Via Dat Coonass:

1846 – Mexican-American War: The Battle of Palo Alto – Zachary Taylor defeats a Mexican force north of the Rio Grande in the first major battle of the war. For those of you who might be confused, the Rio Grande is the border. Mexico is SOUTH of that river. If they hadn’t been NORTH of it, we wouldn’t have been compelled to administer and a**-kicking.

So, lets start our own celebration called Ocho de Mayo.

Think anyone would have a problem with it?

I spent the entire day in a bucket truck Thursday

Actually, I spent over 15 hours in a bucket truck .
Once for 9 hours relamping, changing reflectors that had the protective film melted to them, Changing UL stickers, and pre-aiming them.
Then I was back up at 8PM waiting for it to get dark enough to fine tune the lighting effects.
It should have taken about 3 hours to do,,,but...
The helpers (I'm not sure they're apprentices yet) took the easy way to pull #10 solid wire into the knuckle and make connections in them.
Instead of unscrewing one bolt and separating the two halves and making a nice arc in the (overlarge wire) they shoved it up and grabbed it with a needlenose pliers and just yanked it through a 3/8" hole. This didn't do the insulation any good. At all.
Even though THHN insulation is really tough, one hole and 480V will let you know there's ground contact.

The third light I was aiming let us know we had a problem but making a loud PHIZZZT sound and an arc that set off the security equipment.
It took 45 min. to pull the fixture, repair the wires and replace the head- two guys in a one man bucket.

Anyway, it was not a fun night that ended up with your humble driver-operator-electrician suggesting that if Jake and Garret are going to do it the fast way, to use SJ (extension) cord, that way there might be SOME usable insulation on the wires.

Pics to follow, including some basic electrical theory.

UPDATE (5-10-09):

Ohms Law says that AMPS (I) times Volts (E) gives you WATTS (P)
Now, see if you can see a problem between the original tags...




...And the replacement tags:




But I was told to put them on anyway.
This from the company that supplied HP Sodium vapor lamps for the metal Halide ballasts.

I was also seing alot of this Thursday night, too:

That's a #10 wire that blew a quarter inch hole in cast aluminum.

So, is it the end of the world as we know it?

Now that Chrysler is going into bankruptcy, and GM is restructuring itself into the Peoples Automotive plant -Bow tie division with Benito Obama calling the shots.
...Like we were told the first time Uncle Barry was throwing out money like Mardi Gra beads.

So, both of these companies are giving their shareholders the shaft. Chrysler is going to be 55% owned by the UAW, Big Brother gets another 45%(?) and the shareholders and the evil speculators loose all but 5% if their money.
GM is probably going to be the same with different percentages.

Now, I heard the Unions don't want to be in the place of actually having to be responsible for making a profit (they'd rather just squeeze the company for MORE! So they'll be looking to sell their shares for some kind of retirement fund.
After seeing what Benito Obama is doing to the original owners, WHY does anyone think money people would even think about investing in something that can be taken away like it was once before?


Oh, yeah- if they don't, the Odd couple will sic their trained Media on them.


And what about the company who didn't inhale that tasty hook?
Not that I'm a big fan of the F-150, so maybe the next new truck will probably be a Ranger.

Two weeks

Alternative title: The further wussification of America.

We just found out this morning that the Schertz/Selma/Cibilo ISD is going to be canelling school for another week because of >>>>> ONE <<<<<< style="font-style: italic;"> one case of the Hispanic flu.

That's right, there are some 300,000 kids in Texas right now out of school because of a flu that killed exactly ZERO Americans, so far. The only fatality we've had was an illegal a Mexican baby from Brownsville that the parents waited on to see the Dr.

So, Mr. and Mrs. TX educational health directors think the little precious are?
Since they can't do the social thing at school ....because it's closed because of the Hispanic Influenza...
They're all meeting at the mall...and spreading the same viruses as they would AT SCHOOL

...AND the Tx Dept. of Edu. isn't going to have them make up time.



So, why make them go to school anyway, if missing doesn't matter?
I guess they got something out of the Pork-filled stimulus bill that nobody *except the author* knows about...since it's not the education schools are worried about- so much as the Fed's money.

Sightmeter

Sometimes when you look at it, you just have to ask WTF?

But you'll note that I'm #8, click me and put me at #1 for "Novocaine to deepthroat".
It's for a good cause...It'll make Michelle blush.



...Or maybe she'll try in on the First Member...

Confusing, a bit?

So now the Pakistani invasion is back on the table?

First candidate Obama said he'd invade an (a so-so) ally in the war against terror.
Then it was off- not because of a media outcry, but someone must have mentioned that whole soverginity thing.

Then it was back on.
Then it was off.

Now it's back, and seeking a Congressional rubber stamp from the poliburo.
So, what I'm confused about is that it's now ok to unilaterally invade a country that hasn't attacked us.
That has no U.N. mandates, much less any stern letters as far as I know.
Because it will help in the war that we're not fighting against people who really are- but aren't terrorists.

But it isn't an illegal unilateral invasion because that only applies to a Republican administration who had allies AND 27 U.N. resolutions to back it up.

Right?

because it's Friday

And it's been one of those weeks:


Boobies!

The phoney war

For you historically challenged, that was the first six months of WWII after Hitler invaded Poland until he started the treads rolling on his Panzer's.

It was a war that wasn't being fought. People knew it would turn hot suddenly- but now there was a strange sense of ....expectancy.

That, I guess is what I'm feeling now about the Unicorn Riders upcoming hyperinflation.
I know it's on the way hard, but still can't shake the sense that we'll continue to afford things.

I know I shouldn't have dropped almost $500 on an autoloader, and that soon I won't even be able to enjoy the e.coli burger in the plastic sleeve from Wally-world.

But...
There's this strange sence of normalcy that I just can't shake.

1975

Democrats engineer Americas first military defeat.


And their lists of military resolve continues in our current resident of 1600 Penna. Ave.

Assault weapons

Throughout history.
Remember, at the time these were the cutting edge weapons of the day.

The shaped rock


The Battle Axe


The English Brown Bess


American 1903 A3 bolt action 30-06
(Which can penetrate almost 36" of hard pine, much less ceramic armor, Jimmy)


With scary bayonet lug.

And of course the M-1 Garand.
Semi-automatic, which George S. patton called the single most effective battle weapon designed by man.

Not to get all 'loose changey',,,

.....BUT, don't you wonder why this is no longer available?

I'm still waiting on my unicorn

But that doesn't matter to the fanbois in the lamestream media.
They just can't cram enough soundbites of the Annointed One into their fawning coverage.

It's getting so I just turn off the radio when WOAI has the Foxnews on at the half hours just to avoid the inevitable slurping as they inflict another lie tingle inducing soundbite on their captive audience.

I thought I was hearing Himself more than even Bush right after 9-11, and it seems I was right. According to Fox news, they and their pantie wetting pals have devoted more slobbering coverage to the Narcessist in Chief than Clinton and Bush put together.

When they finally get tired of deepthroating the brown rod, they'll start to realize how badly they were pissed on and will go completely the other way. Then we'll be having back-to-back coverage by a media that sounds like a deranged Perez Hilton.

Ummm...hunny?

You know, since sis and BiL are coming here tomorrow, and you mentioned hitting the range?
Yes?

I stopped at the Powderhorn to pick up a couple boxes of .38 SPl...
And?

And I was looking at some of their used autoloaders...
And?

I used some of that Obama money I've been stashing for emergencies on a layaway.
And just what did you put on layaway, and how much do you owe?

A Beretta 9MM,$300 down and $175 to pay off. I would have just bought the thing, but wanted to have emergency cash.
Well go bring it home and we'll see if I like it.


Have I got a cool wife, or what?
It has a double stacked mag which makes the feel a lot wider than I'm used to.
I may even have to start using the 'right' grip now, instead of what I'm comfortable with.

UPDATE

She likes it. Says it feels better than her Bersa .380 Thunder and won't be so much afraid of the slide.

Oh why

Did the phrase "Call me Ishmael" just pop into my head when I saw this article?

We dropped four of them

There's a H.S. stadium in N.W. an Antonio that is missing it's four stadium light poles.
We took them down two weeks ago.

Now the story is coming out as to why.

And those poles wer'e looking at in the range of 15 tons.

My belated BaG day post

Sorry, but my BaG day buy was a planer.

I dropped $200 so I could turn some of this:




Yeah, those are beat-up weathered old oak pallets and dunnage...

Into some of these:




After I added an infeed table and planer stand to the lathe table (in the rear)


So I can make something resembling this bookcase.

Oops, our bad

See- we didn't *really* mean to break laws about spying on American citizens, we're just a bunch of inept Libs.

But, hey the Gray Lady doesn't have a real problem with it because it was the Unicorn Riders people spying on Americans.
Which is completely different from the BusHalebrntonMcHitler administration tracking known terrorists.

I'm surprised

According to the Gay Patriot Tea Party maps, that there is a Tea party in Brownsville.
You'll notice the white area between Brownsville and the nearest one west in El Paso....
Guess which region voted for Obama last year?

Brake lights...

They mean something.

If you're an @sshole with a phone jammed in your ear hitting 70+ in a traffic gap coming up on a group of cars doing 50, you might think about SLOWING . THE. F^CK. DOWN.

Especially if ALL the cars have them on.

D!ckhead.

I usually make a habit of watching traffic through the car in front of me, that way I have a heads-up if the one in front of me has their head up their @ss.
Of course that doesn't help when the guy behind thinks brake pads cost alot and doesn't want to put any more wear on them than necessary.




Next driving lesson,,,,,the zipper!

A conversation

We had this last night and I'll try to be even handed even though I'm paraphrasing:

Me: I'm thinking about going to the dentist for replacement fillings.
Her: I still need to go (for some kind of deep gum surgery).
Me; And it has a six month wait- when are you going to make the appointment?
(It's been a year since she first mentioned it)
Her: I'm putting it off because of the pain.
Me:They'll give you some good pain pills when you're done.
Her: I'm not worried about *after*, I'm dreading the pain of them *doing* it.
Me: Why?
Her: Because they're going to slice my gums!
Me: Yeah. So? They have plenty of Novocaine.
Her: What?
Me: Novocaine, that they shoot into your jaw until your tongue is numb and you can't feel a thing in your mouth.
Her: I've never had Novocaine.
Me: What? How do they take care of cavities over there? (In the U.K.)
Her: The attendants (nurses) grab each arm and hold you down as the Dentist drills.
Me: I'm only two years older than you and I've *never* had a drill in my mouth without Novocaine.
Her: That's why everyone says English teeth are so bad, they don't go to the dentist because of the pain.
Me: I don't go to the dentist because of the cost.
Her:But you have dental insurance from my work.
Me: How? I'm off your health plane because I'm on [medium-large electrical companies] plan.
Her: I didn't take you off that plan.
Me: See if it's still in effect, but when you took me off your health care, i bet I was off the dental, too.

That's the British National Health Services- NHS if any one's Googling it.

I saw this one day

It was at a Shell station when I was filling up.



And my first thought was 'isn't nitrogen a gas?'
Then 'they're using a gas in my gas to clean my engine?'

Ok, chemical nerds lets hear it...

You can tell

There was a massive holiday that the Mexicans celebrated.
Wally world looks like it was hit by a plague of locusts.

Odd,,,

Every time I try to run AdAware today, it keeps getting stuck on the same file.

And I can't find in when I search my computer files, of course I don't have the entire file name either...

I guess I'll try to uninstall and reinstall it.

Do you feel his pain yet?

See we have roofer who fell off a roof and is now paralyzed from the waist down.

Thing is, that he's an illegal.
Who used three different names and another false one to get a SSN.
And over $500,000 of what is going to be free health care.

And he's sueing for workers comp.

And he tested positive for dope.

And he's got a lawyer..probably not a very good one based on this quote:
""This guy paid taxes. He paid higher taxes than me," Hastings said. "But now, no one wants to help him."
-Or- they pay 'really' well for semi-skilled labor in FLA.

So now the Lightweight wants to bring up amnesty yet again.
I wonder if he remembers what happened how well that was received when he was a Senator?
...OH, wait! He probably doesn't, because he was campaigning to be President at the time and couldn't be bothered with doing his Senate job.

Sorry

Got nothing but I did figure out why the traffic has been so bad this week.
And why we've had so many wrecks.

It's Mexican holy week and they're all in San Antonio to celebrate.