Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Monday, April 21, 2008
Prospector's trail
Went on a trail called the Prospector's Trail today. A relatively short day hike. A few steep spots and some amazing views of the town of Idaho Springs. There are two old mine holes on it. The first one pictured here is an open pit still. Be very careful. It was a ways down. Hard to imagine the miners digging through the rock. The second pit was filled in and was only found by the orange tailings pile and a sunken area currently filled with snow.
Bike ride!
Finally deemed it warm enough to get our bikes out. Went for a spin down to town and back down our bike trail along the creek. stopped into the Forest Service office looked at maps and asked questions about hiking trails. Gotta keep them busy! lol, the were very knowledgeable people. there is a hiking trail behind them we went on for a bit. Will have to finish it another day. It has a great over look of town. Found out on the way home that we live on a very loonng slow hill! lol. on the way back the wind decided to blow. that makes it harder to ride uphill! come on cut us a break! Oh Well, It was a wonderful sunny day for a bike ride.
Thursday, April 17, 2008
IMMIGRATION LAWS
IMMIGRATION LAWS
THERE WILL BE NO SPECIAL BILINGUAL PROGRAMS IN THE SCHOOLS.***************THERE WILL BE NO SPECIAL BALLOTS FOR ELECTIONS.**************ALL GOVERNMENT BUSINESS WILL BE CONDUCTED IN OUR LANGUAGE.***************FOREIGNERS WILL NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE NO MATTER HOW LONG THEY ARE HERE.***************FOREIGNERS WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO HOLD POLITICAL OFFICE.****************FOREIGNERS WILL NOT BE A BURDEN TO THE TAXPAYERS.****************NO WELFARE, NO FOOD STAMPS, NO HEALTH CARE OR OTHER GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.*****************FOREIGNERS CAN INVEST IN THIS COUNTRY BUT IT MUST BE ANAMOUNT EQUAL TO 40,000 TIMES THE DAILY MINIMUM WAGE.*****************IF FOREIGNERS DO COME AND WANTTO BUY LAND, THAT WILL BE OKAY. BUT OPTIONS WILL BE RESTRICTED..........YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED WATERFRONT PROPERTY. THAT IS RESERVED FOR CITIZENS NATURALLY BORN INTO THIS COUNTRY.*********************FOREIGNERS MAY NOT PROTEST; NO DEMONSTRATIONS; NO WAVING A FOREIGN FLAG; NO POLITICAL ORGANIZING; NO BAD-MOUTHING OUR PRESIDENT OR HIS POLICIES. IF YOU DO, YOU WILL BE SENT HOME.*************IF YOU DO COME TO THIS COUNTRY ILLEGALLY, YOU WILL BE HUNTED DOWN AND SENT STRAIGHT TO JAIL.****************HARSH, YOU SAY?............The above laws happen to be theImmigration Laws of:'MEXICO!' How about that for an eye-opener?!!
THERE WILL BE NO SPECIAL BILINGUAL PROGRAMS IN THE SCHOOLS.***************THERE WILL BE NO SPECIAL BALLOTS FOR ELECTIONS.**************ALL GOVERNMENT BUSINESS WILL BE CONDUCTED IN OUR LANGUAGE.***************FOREIGNERS WILL NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE NO MATTER HOW LONG THEY ARE HERE.***************FOREIGNERS WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO HOLD POLITICAL OFFICE.****************FOREIGNERS WILL NOT BE A BURDEN TO THE TAXPAYERS.****************NO WELFARE, NO FOOD STAMPS, NO HEALTH CARE OR OTHER GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.*****************FOREIGNERS CAN INVEST IN THIS COUNTRY BUT IT MUST BE ANAMOUNT EQUAL TO 40,000 TIMES THE DAILY MINIMUM WAGE.*****************IF FOREIGNERS DO COME AND WANTTO BUY LAND, THAT WILL BE OKAY. BUT OPTIONS WILL BE RESTRICTED..........YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED WATERFRONT PROPERTY. THAT IS RESERVED FOR CITIZENS NATURALLY BORN INTO THIS COUNTRY.*********************FOREIGNERS MAY NOT PROTEST; NO DEMONSTRATIONS; NO WAVING A FOREIGN FLAG; NO POLITICAL ORGANIZING; NO BAD-MOUTHING OUR PRESIDENT OR HIS POLICIES. IF YOU DO, YOU WILL BE SENT HOME.*************IF YOU DO COME TO THIS COUNTRY ILLEGALLY, YOU WILL BE HUNTED DOWN AND SENT STRAIGHT TO JAIL.****************HARSH, YOU SAY?............The above laws happen to be theImmigration Laws of:'MEXICO!' How about that for an eye-opener?!!
Monday, April 14, 2008
glass froggie
little glass frog I bought in Tacoma. he has a neat metallic sheen in the glass. kinda like oil on water. tiny little texture bumps on his back ( so maybe he's part toad! ) and little bubble eyes!
Amish Farmer
An Amish farmer, walking through his field, notices a man kneeling down and drinking from his farm pond. The Amish farmer shouts, "Trink das wasser nicht. Die kuhen haben dahin gesheissen."(Which means: "Don't drink the water, the cows poop in it".) The kneeling man shouts back, angrily, "I'm a Muslim, I don't understand you.I speak Arabic and English. If you can't speak in the sacred tongue of Islam, speak to me in English." The Amish farmer replies, "Use two hands, you'll get more."
Telemarketers and junkmail
Tips for Handling Telemarketers
Three Little Words That Work!!(1)The three little words are: 'Hold On, Please...' Saying this, while putting down your phone and walking off (instead of hanging-up immediately) would make each telemarketing call so much more time-consuming that boiler room sales would grind to a halt. Then when you eventually hear the phone company's 'beep-beep-beep' tone, you know it's time to go back and hang up your handset, which has efficiently completed its task.These three little words will help eliminate telephone soliciting.
(2) Do you ever get those annoying phone calls with no one on the other end? This is a telemarketing technique where a machine makes phone calls and records the time of day when a person answers the phone. This technique is used to determine the best time of day for a 'real'sales person to call back and get someone at home. What you can do after answering, if you notice there is no one there, is to immediately start hitting your # button on the phone, 6 or 7 times, as quickly as possible. This confuses the machine that dialed the call and it kicks your number out of their system. Gosh, what a shame not to have your name in their system any longer!!!
(3) Junk Mail Help: When you get 'ads' enclosed with your phone or utility bill, return these 'ads' with your payment. Let the sending companies throw their own junk mail away. When you get those 'pre-approved' letters in the mail for everything from credit cards to 2nd mortgages and similar type junk, do not throw away the return envelope. Most of these come with postage-paid return envelopes, right? It costs them more than the regular 50 cents postage 'IF' and when they receive them back. It costs them nothing if you throw them away! The postage was around 50 cents before the last increase and it is according to the weight. In that case, why not get rid of some of your other junk mail and put it in these cool little, postage-paid return envelopes. One of Andy Rooney's (60 minutes) ideas. Send an ad for your local chimney cleaner to American Express. Send a pizza coupon to Citibank. If you didn't get anything else that day, then just send them their blank application back! If you want to remain anonymous, just make sure your name isn't on anything you send them.You can even send the envelope back empty if you want to just to keep them guessing! It still costs them 50 cents.The banks and credit card companies are currently getting a lot of their own junk back in the mail, but folks, we need to OVERWHELM them. Let's let them know what it's like to get lots of junk mail, and best of all, they're paying for it...Twice! Let's help keep our postal service busy since they are saying that e-mail is cutting into their business profits, and that's why they need to increase postage costs again.
You get the idea !If enough people follow these tips, it will work ---- I have been doing this for years, and I get very little junk mail anymore.
Three Little Words That Work!!(1)The three little words are: 'Hold On, Please...' Saying this, while putting down your phone and walking off (instead of hanging-up immediately) would make each telemarketing call so much more time-consuming that boiler room sales would grind to a halt. Then when you eventually hear the phone company's 'beep-beep-beep' tone, you know it's time to go back and hang up your handset, which has efficiently completed its task.These three little words will help eliminate telephone soliciting.
(2) Do you ever get those annoying phone calls with no one on the other end? This is a telemarketing technique where a machine makes phone calls and records the time of day when a person answers the phone. This technique is used to determine the best time of day for a 'real'sales person to call back and get someone at home. What you can do after answering, if you notice there is no one there, is to immediately start hitting your # button on the phone, 6 or 7 times, as quickly as possible. This confuses the machine that dialed the call and it kicks your number out of their system. Gosh, what a shame not to have your name in their system any longer!!!
(3) Junk Mail Help: When you get 'ads' enclosed with your phone or utility bill, return these 'ads' with your payment. Let the sending companies throw their own junk mail away. When you get those 'pre-approved' letters in the mail for everything from credit cards to 2nd mortgages and similar type junk, do not throw away the return envelope. Most of these come with postage-paid return envelopes, right? It costs them more than the regular 50 cents postage 'IF' and when they receive them back. It costs them nothing if you throw them away! The postage was around 50 cents before the last increase and it is according to the weight. In that case, why not get rid of some of your other junk mail and put it in these cool little, postage-paid return envelopes. One of Andy Rooney's (60 minutes) ideas. Send an ad for your local chimney cleaner to American Express. Send a pizza coupon to Citibank. If you didn't get anything else that day, then just send them their blank application back! If you want to remain anonymous, just make sure your name isn't on anything you send them.You can even send the envelope back empty if you want to just to keep them guessing! It still costs them 50 cents.The banks and credit card companies are currently getting a lot of their own junk back in the mail, but folks, we need to OVERWHELM them. Let's let them know what it's like to get lots of junk mail, and best of all, they're paying for it...Twice! Let's help keep our postal service busy since they are saying that e-mail is cutting into their business profits, and that's why they need to increase postage costs again.
You get the idea !If enough people follow these tips, it will work ---- I have been doing this for years, and I get very little junk mail anymore.
Biker poem
When I was a Biker...
I saw you pull your child closer when we passed each other on the sidewalk.
But you didn't see me playing Santa at the local mall.
I saw you change your mind about going into the restaurant.
But you didn't see me attending a meeting to raise more money for the hurricane relief.
I saw you roll up your window and shake your head when I drove by.
But you didn't see me driving behind you when you flicked your cigarette butt out the car window.
I saw you frown at me when I smiled at your children.
But you didn't see me when I took time off from work to run toys to the homeless.
I saw you stare at my long hair.
But you didn't see me and my friends cut ten inches off for Locks of Love.
I saw you roll your eyes at our leather coats and gloves.
But you didn't see me and my brothers donate our old coats and gloves to those that had none.
I saw you look in fright at my tattoos.
But you didn't see me cry as my children where born and have their name
written over and in my heart.
I saw you change lanes while rushing off to go somewhere.
But you didn't see me going home to be with my family.
I saw you complain about how loud and noisy our bikes can be.
But you didn't see me when you were changing the CD and drifted into my lane.
I saw you yelling at your kids in the car.
But you didn't see me pat my child's hands, knowing he was safe behind me.
I saw you reading the newspaper or map as you drove down the road.
But you didn't see me squeeze my wife's leg when she told me to take the next turn.
I saw you race down the road in the rain.
But you didn't see me get soaked to the skin so my son could have the car to go on his date.
I saw you run the yellow light just to save a few minutes of time.
But you didn't see me trying to turn right
I saw you cut me off because you needed to be in the lane I was in.
But you didn't see me leave the road.
I saw you waiting impatiently for my friends to pass.
But you didn't see me. I wasn't there.
I saw you go home to your family.
But you didn't see me. Because, I died that day you cut me off.
I WAS JUST A BIKER; A person with friends and a family.
But you didn't see me.
I saw you pull your child closer when we passed each other on the sidewalk.
But you didn't see me playing Santa at the local mall.
I saw you change your mind about going into the restaurant.
But you didn't see me attending a meeting to raise more money for the hurricane relief.
I saw you roll up your window and shake your head when I drove by.
But you didn't see me driving behind you when you flicked your cigarette butt out the car window.
I saw you frown at me when I smiled at your children.
But you didn't see me when I took time off from work to run toys to the homeless.
I saw you stare at my long hair.
But you didn't see me and my friends cut ten inches off for Locks of Love.
I saw you roll your eyes at our leather coats and gloves.
But you didn't see me and my brothers donate our old coats and gloves to those that had none.
I saw you look in fright at my tattoos.
But you didn't see me cry as my children where born and have their name
written over and in my heart.
I saw you change lanes while rushing off to go somewhere.
But you didn't see me going home to be with my family.
I saw you complain about how loud and noisy our bikes can be.
But you didn't see me when you were changing the CD and drifted into my lane.
I saw you yelling at your kids in the car.
But you didn't see me pat my child's hands, knowing he was safe behind me.
I saw you reading the newspaper or map as you drove down the road.
But you didn't see me squeeze my wife's leg when she told me to take the next turn.
I saw you race down the road in the rain.
But you didn't see me get soaked to the skin so my son could have the car to go on his date.
I saw you run the yellow light just to save a few minutes of time.
But you didn't see me trying to turn right
I saw you cut me off because you needed to be in the lane I was in.
But you didn't see me leave the road.
I saw you waiting impatiently for my friends to pass.
But you didn't see me. I wasn't there.
I saw you go home to your family.
But you didn't see me. Because, I died that day you cut me off.
I WAS JUST A BIKER; A person with friends and a family.
But you didn't see me.
Tuesday, April 08, 2008
Tava
"Everyone has a to-do list. Usually, a checklist of chores. Post office, Dry Cleners. Take the kids to piano lessons. Maybe instead of making a list of what we have to during the day, we can make a list of what we want to do during out life. Learn Italian, cook Thai, ride a motorcycle across Mongolia. How much more fun would this list be? So go ahead. Make a life list. Is your Tava open?"
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