* Getting handed a bag of mousetraps. (I've never used them before and my father never told me he was getting them ( Read more... )

*) My sister's husband is set against her buying another VW. She test-drove a Kia yesterday. Dunno if she likes it enough to buy it ( Read more... )

December was heralded by pellet snow...since the ambient temp is about 40' F it didn't stick, but it looks like more is coming. The sky is dark now. *Looks out the window* Yup...more "winter mix" (snow that's halfway melted on the way down).

( Another Saturday Adventure, Presented in KiffieScope, Starring Myself and Moonshine )

My parents noticed a problem with the water line coming into Rather Manor, so they called the Utilities Co-Op to explain the problem and ask for help...and after they hung up our phone lines lost the dial tone. So as I couldn't access the 'Net here I decided I had to go to the Dandridge library and use their computers. And as Moonshine's tank was ( Read more... )

In this case, the Sukhoj Su-25 Scorpion ground-attack jet:

( Documentary Video Behind Cut )

NASCAR has announced that with two races this year (one Busch and one Supertrucks) they will (shocker!) attempt to run the cars with street-legal unleaded gasoline (as opposed to the special racing fuel they use now). Go figure.

A Barrel of oil is 31.5 Gallons (4032 ounces, or 56 six-packs). Don't ask me who decided this matter.

$73/Barrel equals $2.32/Gallon of Crude. Refine it, add sales taxes and maybe a nickle or two of profits to the individual gas station, and there you have it.

Told you it was useless.

FP