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When all is said and done there is nothing left to say or do.
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Can Spring Be Far Away?
The Bradford Pear trees bloomed this week. We had a warm spell and what with the longer days they combined to fool mother nature.
I saw the mockingbird that claims our yard his territory call in a mate and they were doing their dance. Out back the eastern Bluebird pair have been going in and out of the new bluebird box I set up last Fall.
And the true harbingers of Spring: Two of the neighbors plowed up their garden and two churches had their first BBQ of the year.
I saw the mockingbird that claims our yard his territory call in a mate and they were doing their dance. Out back the eastern Bluebird pair have been going in and out of the new bluebird box I set up last Fall.
And the true harbingers of Spring: Two of the neighbors plowed up their garden and two churches had their first BBQ of the year.
Blog Thoughts 03062011
I read a lot of forums, Blogs, news items and take in bits of TV opinion "news." After all in my condition there's little else to do. With that said I decided to reinstate tiny bits of items I come across mostly in the newspaper. A lot of it will be political but I will try to not include any that have a slant towards one side or the other but no promises.
I had a Blog using another service a few years back and decided to move here with a mostly picture oriented forum and try to stay on the humorous side with some informative and thought provoking articles once in a while. In the meantime I accumulated bits of these mostly one sentence comments which I will try to now post one a week. There will be no particular day of the week I intend to upload them and no promise I will be regular like clockwork as the days have become more frequent that I can't do anything.
With that said here are my first offerings:
After reading a number of political blogs I must agree with Churchill that "the best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter."
Then there is the American senator from Louisiana Russell Long who once said, "Don't tax you; don't tax me; tax that fellow behind the tree." Sounds a lot like what I've been hearing lately.
Speaking of money and politics: There is never enough money for a greedy person, so it would not matter how high some politician's pay is, they would still cheat and make money for themselves on the sly.
Paying politicians more will not stop them taking extra money under the table. Congresspersons' pay should be the median college educated income for their district.
Wrapping this session up then with a comment about those with the most money:
This one makes me think of where I was born and spent the first 18 years of my life before I escaped. That area of the country's billionaires advertised in parts of Europe for cheap labor to come to America.
Some billionaires have built America; others have become billionaires on the backs of the poor.
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I had a Blog using another service a few years back and decided to move here with a mostly picture oriented forum and try to stay on the humorous side with some informative and thought provoking articles once in a while. In the meantime I accumulated bits of these mostly one sentence comments which I will try to now post one a week. There will be no particular day of the week I intend to upload them and no promise I will be regular like clockwork as the days have become more frequent that I can't do anything.
With that said here are my first offerings:
After reading a number of political blogs I must agree with Churchill that "the best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter."
Then there is the American senator from Louisiana Russell Long who once said, "Don't tax you; don't tax me; tax that fellow behind the tree." Sounds a lot like what I've been hearing lately.Speaking of money and politics: There is never enough money for a greedy person, so it would not matter how high some politician's pay is, they would still cheat and make money for themselves on the sly.
Paying politicians more will not stop them taking extra money under the table. Congresspersons' pay should be the median college educated income for their district.
Wrapping this session up then with a comment about those with the most money:
This one makes me think of where I was born and spent the first 18 years of my life before I escaped. That area of the country's billionaires advertised in parts of Europe for cheap labor to come to America.
Some billionaires have built America; others have become billionaires on the backs of the poor.
Spiders Cause Mazda Recall
Probably the strangest vehicle recall ever:
52,000 Mazda6 in the U.S. are being recalled because of possible spider webs. The fear is that they can lead to blockages that will eventually cause fuel tanks to leak.
The recall of 2009 and 2010 Mazda6s is due to "a certain type of spider" that "may weave a web in the evaporative canister vent line and this may cause a restriction in the line," the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says on its website. Another 13,000 of the cars sold in Puerto Rico, Canada and Mexico are also being recalled.
The company said Thursday a spider could weave a web in a vent connected to the fuel tank system and clog up the tank's ventilation. Pressure on the fuel tank could lead to a crack, causing fuel leakage and the risk of a fire.
Mazda has found 20 cases so far, says Jeremy Barnes. The problem involves the Yellow Sac spider, which lives predominately in the U.S. and apparently it doesn't like cold.
Dealers are going to inspect the cansters and if they find spider webs, are going to install a spring that keeps the spiders from getting inside the part -- before they can weave a web of distruction.
The recall involves vehicles with 2.5 liter engines built from April 2008 to February 2010
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52,000 Mazda6 in the U.S. are being recalled because of possible spider webs. The fear is that they can lead to blockages that will eventually cause fuel tanks to leak.
The company said Thursday a spider could weave a web in a vent connected to the fuel tank system and clog up the tank's ventilation. Pressure on the fuel tank could lead to a crack, causing fuel leakage and the risk of a fire.
Mazda has found 20 cases so far, says Jeremy Barnes. The problem involves the Yellow Sac spider, which lives predominately in the U.S. and apparently it doesn't like cold.
Dealers are going to inspect the cansters and if they find spider webs, are going to install a spring that keeps the spiders from getting inside the part -- before they can weave a web of distruction.
The recall involves vehicles with 2.5 liter engines built from April 2008 to February 2010
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Today's Classroom - Who's In Charge?
Teacher Shakes Table Gets Suspended
In California an eighth-grade math teacher rattled a table to get his students' attention.
That resulted in him ending up on paid administrative leave.
Officers went to the campus at 2:26 p.m. to check on reports of a teacher causing a disturbance in a classroom and possibly throwing objects, said Sgt. Tim Lynch of the Atherton Police Department. When officers arrived, however, they found a calm teacher with class in session and determined nothing had been thrown.
Lynch said it appears the teacher's table-rattling act startled a female student who left the class and called police from a cell phone.
"My impression by talking to her was that she was disturbed by what the teacher was doing," Lynch said.
Most of the students in the class weren't bothered by the teacher's actions, Lynch said. Though the teacher "dramatically" made his point, "it wasn't a teacher out of control," he added.
Redwood City School District Deputy Superintendent John Baker said the teacher will remain on leave pending an investigation. He said he didn't know what specifically happened and would interview the teacher, the student and her parents in the coming days, as well as other students.
The district put the teacher on leave because of the police response and the nature of the
complaint, he said.
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So is it any wonder why I retired a couple of years early? I would kick the kids chair, throw erasers, slam books down on desks and more. A couple times I left a sleeping student alone through two class changes. Today I would probably be in prison.
In California an eighth-grade math teacher rattled a table to get his students' attention.
That resulted in him ending up on paid administrative leave.
Officers went to the campus at 2:26 p.m. to check on reports of a teacher causing a disturbance in a classroom and possibly throwing objects, said Sgt. Tim Lynch of the Atherton Police Department. When officers arrived, however, they found a calm teacher with class in session and determined nothing had been thrown.
Lynch said it appears the teacher's table-rattling act startled a female student who left the class and called police from a cell phone.
"My impression by talking to her was that she was disturbed by what the teacher was doing," Lynch said.
Most of the students in the class weren't bothered by the teacher's actions, Lynch said. Though the teacher "dramatically" made his point, "it wasn't a teacher out of control," he added.
Redwood City School District Deputy Superintendent John Baker said the teacher will remain on leave pending an investigation. He said he didn't know what specifically happened and would interview the teacher, the student and her parents in the coming days, as well as other students.
The district put the teacher on leave because of the police response and the nature of the
complaint, he said.
LINK
So is it any wonder why I retired a couple of years early? I would kick the kids chair, throw erasers, slam books down on desks and more. A couple times I left a sleeping student alone through two class changes. Today I would probably be in prison.
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