Jim

None of them. I have been known to say "have a good weekend" on Thursdays as the employees leave. I've signed credit card receipts "donald duck", much to my wife's annoyance. When the bagger says "paper or plastic", I reply "what would you recommend?" or "paper IN plastic IN paper" When asked "how are you doing" I often reply "mean as a snake", but only when they know I'm joking.

Hilarious. Now who can come up with a "Leave Crag Martindale Alone" video for us?

If you charge $15/hr, you'll be lucky to see $10/hr in your pocket. You're going to have to insure and gas up your truck, pay for your travel time, buy and maintain equipment, buy supplies, look for new customers, send bills to current customers, and do bookkeeping. It's not too hard in the begining, but as you grow, all this stuff really adds up. If you are serious about doing a good janitorial service, and I mean good for the long haul, not just the first 3 months, you are far more valuable to a company than $15 an hour. I would be absolutely delighted to pay someone $25 to do an efficient 1/2 hour cleaning once a week at my company. Charge more, work hard and fast and gain your customers' trust.

Didn't AB Dick offer Vic a job once?

LOL, that's one reason. The other is that anyone making much over $200k should be working on investments that *reduce* their taxable income rather than increase it.

Anyone else sick of hearing and seeing this, in the media and on the street. I'm not much of a believer anymore, but it still just rankles me to hear it or see it at least once a day...

LOL, almost a coffee spew... So when I go in and ask for a roll of 12/2 Romex and a box of CAT5, he'll be the one with the blank stare? I hope he's working in the paint department.

Wow. I think I'll just go out to the garage and find something that needs to be arc-welded....

Nice to see a positive contribution from you, Bumpy. Here's some notes on the pictures... #1 - Exquisite. Never seen that in the US. #2 - Good, but not too surprising. I've seen similar in the Mexican Sierra Madres #3 - Clever ad hock engineering. #4 - No different from the "Stop Spousal Abuse" billboards here, just a little more graphic #5 - We have clever gun store names as well. I like "Led by Lead" #6 - No zebras, but I have pheasants, coyotes and wild hare at the airport where I train. Seen elk and bear beside the road. #7 - Ever see a football team abuse a vehicle after a winning game. Looks about the same. #8 - Pretty good. I've seen confusing signs, but not quite as bad as that. #9 - Saw the same thing in Tokyo, believe it or not.

Thanks Socks. What year would you place it at? Was that a Rhodes electric piano? Sometimes I miss the sounds of those old instruments. The all-in-one synths still don't sound quite like the original.

LOL. Finally something enjoyable in this thread.

For those who haven't noticed, Larry N Moore is a troll. Feed it if you wish, but just be aware that you're feeding a troll.

For those who haven't noticed, Bumpy is a troll. Feed it if you wish, but just be aware that you're feeding a troll.

Or Lou Rawls

Don't shoot a 30 hour training film in 16mm black and white.

Yeah, kind of a sore subject for me. 1984, my bride-to-be had taken the class, but only because I asked. I asked the local clergy to marry us and he just hemmed and hawed and procrastinated. We gave up and finally had a stranger marry us. That was the beginning of the end for me. After thousands of hours and thousands of dollars of support, TWI could not see fit to marry us with their own clergy. Anyway, we're still married. That's more than I can say for most of the clergy I knew.

I really, really hate to rain on your parade, Belle, but something you have to know is that the Bay Bridge is scheduled to be closed the entire Labor Day weekend. This is the first time the bridge has been closed since the big earthquake and they are closing it to do major seismic upgrades. That will mean a major hassle to get to the East Bay and miserable traffic in general. If there's anything I can do for you, let me know. I live right on interstate 80 about 90 miles east of SF. Oh, and another thing, never refer to San Francisco as Frisco, it will peg you instantly as a tourist. SF, The City, or San Francisco is fine. And bring warm clothes. In the words of Mark Twain, "The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.

What was he before?

"If you can, restrict their eating habits to low-protein food" Could someone please pass the millet?

It's all silly speculation, of course, but if I had to make the decision, I'd sell Gunnison and shrink HQ back down to what it was in 1975. Two trailers ought to house the present day corps. Hold services and corps training in the BRC, dinner in the basement. They did it with a lot more people in '75. Sell off the fields, OSC, way woods and auditorium. The OSC would probably sell fast if the price is right. Good building for light or medium industrial use. I have no idea what the auditorium could be used for. I'm gonna take a wild-assed guess that it costs between $5000-$10,000 a month just to heat and cool the OSC. And at least $1000/week to power up the auditorium for SNS. Rosie isn't a fool and would no doubt prefer to see that money in her IRA. OTOH, she's also smart enough to know that she can't convince anyone that "God told me to sell the property" OTOH, maybe they're hoping to hold ROA 2008 on the grounds....

Five drinks for: Checkup from the neckup

On possible new leadership at TWI?

Sorry I'm a little late for this one... Empty pockets, purses and jewelry on table. 1 drink for every Bic Accountant Fine Point Pen 1 drink for holy spirit dove 3 drinks for every retimery card 2 drinks for every SIT sticker 1 drink for every package breath mints 1 drink for hand-tooled leather bible case 2 drinks for briefcase, - 2 more if it contains concordance, - 1 more per copy of "Sing along the Way" - 1 more per blue twig abundant sharing report, - If it contains flask of Drambuie, must chug it all.

The only way a coup will succeed will be the way it did last time. Get enough dirt on the president and then force him/her to retire. Who has access to the books and Rosie's spending habits? That would be the first place to look, not that I'm trying to give anyone any ideas, nudge-nudge, wink-wink.

With all due respect, sir, you are making a statement of opinion rather than authority. The legal code is the authority and I'm troubled by the concept of a senior member of the military that might not know the difference between that and his personal opinion.