It's a five minute walk from my house to the pub
It's a 35 minute walk from the pub to my house
The difference is staggering
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Turns out it was a marble in the ashtray...
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People who wonder
whether the glass is half empty or half full
are missing the point.
The glass is refillable.*
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*They say every piece of chocolate eaten
shortens your life by two minutes.
I've done the math.
Seems I died in 1537.
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I got myself a seniors' GPS.
Not only does it tell me how to get to my destination,
it tells me why I wanted to go there.*
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Most people don't think I'm as old as I am
until they hear me stand up.
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Had I known in March
that it was the last time I would be in a restaurant
I would have ordered the dessert.*
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I don't always go the extra mile,
but when I do
it's because I've missed my exit....
Monday, October 25, 2021
Fwd: Need a laugh?
A NASA software engineer for more than 20 years (retired), Egyptology hobbyist and ARCE-NC board of directors member for more than 25 years, former reporter and copy editor for the Kansas City Star and Louisville Courier-Journal. I favor open source development, Linux, network neutrality, medical care as a right and not a privilege, the ACLU, freedom of religion, and freedom of speech, among other things.
Wednesday, October 13, 2021
Economics
>>
>> It is a slow day in the small town of Dry Heave, Alberta, and streets are deserted. Times are
>> tough, everybody is in debt, and everybody is living on credit.
>>
>> A tourist visiting the area drives through town, stops at the motel, and lays a $100 bill on the
>> desk saying he wants to inspect the rooms upstairs to pick one for the night.
>>
>> As soon as he walks upstairs, the motel owner grabs the bill and runs next door to pay his debt
>> to the butcher. The butcher takes the $100 and runs down the street to retire his debt to the pig
>> farmer. The pig farmer takes the $100 and heads off to pay his bill to his supplier, the Co-op.
>> The guy at the Co-op takes the $100 and runs to pay his debt to the local prostitute, who has
>> also been facing hard times and has had to offer her "services" on credit. The hooker rushes to
>> the hotel and pays off her room bill with the hotel owner. The hotel proprietor then places the
>> $100 back on the counter so the traveler will not suspect anything.
>>
>> At that moment the traveler comes down the stairs, states that the rooms are not satisfactory,
>> picks up the $100 bill and leaves. No one produced anything. No one earned anything... However,
>> the whole town is now out of debt and now looks to the future with a lot more optimism. And that,
>> ladies and gentlemen, is how economics works.
I know what you're thinking ... yeah, but ... never mind, just go with the flow.
>> It is a slow day in the small town of Dry Heave, Alberta, and streets are deserted. Times are
>> tough, everybody is in debt, and everybody is living on credit.
>>
>> A tourist visiting the area drives through town, stops at the motel, and lays a $100 bill on the
>> desk saying he wants to inspect the rooms upstairs to pick one for the night.
>>
>> As soon as he walks upstairs, the motel owner grabs the bill and runs next door to pay his debt
>> to the butcher. The butcher takes the $100 and runs down the street to retire his debt to the pig
>> farmer. The pig farmer takes the $100 and heads off to pay his bill to his supplier, the Co-op.
>> The guy at the Co-op takes the $100 and runs to pay his debt to the local prostitute, who has
>> also been facing hard times and has had to offer her "services" on credit. The hooker rushes to
>> the hotel and pays off her room bill with the hotel owner. The hotel proprietor then places the
>> $100 back on the counter so the traveler will not suspect anything.
>>
>> At that moment the traveler comes down the stairs, states that the rooms are not satisfactory,
>> picks up the $100 bill and leaves. No one produced anything. No one earned anything... However,
>> the whole town is now out of debt and now looks to the future with a lot more optimism. And that,
>> ladies and gentlemen, is how economics works.
I know what you're thinking ... yeah, but ... never mind, just go with the flow.
A NASA software engineer for more than 20 years (retired), Egyptology hobbyist and ARCE-NC board of directors member for more than 25 years, former reporter and copy editor for the Kansas City Star and Louisville Courier-Journal. I favor open source development, Linux, network neutrality, medical care as a right and not a privilege, the ACLU, freedom of religion, and freedom of speech, among other things.
Friday, October 8, 2021
Cheers
For all wine lovers…
Can you explain how he hides the bottles?
CLICK HERE:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/DRmD5l37Q7k
A NASA software engineer for more than 20 years (retired), Egyptology hobbyist and ARCE-NC board of directors member for more than 25 years, former reporter and copy editor for the Kansas City Star and Louisville Courier-Journal. I favor open source development, Linux, network neutrality, medical care as a right and not a privilege, the ACLU, freedom of religion, and freedom of speech, among other things.
Wednesday, October 6, 2021
In your FACE(book) | The Week
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A NASA software engineer for more than 20 years (retired), Egyptology hobbyist and ARCE-NC board of directors member for more than 25 years, former reporter and copy editor for the Kansas City Star and Louisville Courier-Journal. I favor open source development, Linux, network neutrality, medical care as a right and not a privilege, the ACLU, freedom of religion, and freedom of speech, among other things.
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