Thursday, November 19, 2009
Thotz and Obsuvashions.....
Yep! It's time for another dose of musings and ruminations from yours truly, so let's get started!
Have you ever seen those commercials on late night TV for tax lawyers? You know, the ones that show people saying "I owed the IRS sixty gazillion dollars, but thanks to Ronnie, I only paid thirty two cents!!!" Well, have you ever thought that it's deadbeats like this who are costing YOU money, as the gummint raises taxes again to make up for losses like this??? PAY YOUR TAX BILLS you effing moe-rons!!!
The average age of a US car is now 9.4 years, according to a study conducted by R.L. Polk & Co., an automotive industry consulting firm. My own car, as noted in a previous post, is now past 200,000 miles and counting. That's amazing, when you consider that cars from the 40's and 50's didn't usually get past 100,000 miles about 70% of the time. Even though people seem to be hanging onto their cars longer, I gotta think that when the economy gets better, a lot of these older cars are going to be replaced by owners who would like something newer and fresher. That'll be fine with me. I've never bought a car brand new, and never will. I buy them when they have about 20k on them. This means I'm not taking the two to five thousand dollar depreciation hit new car buyers take after they sign on the dotted line. I still get as many miles out of the used ones as many do with new ones.
If Carribou Bambi didn't want herself on the cover of Newsweek in shorts, then why the hell did the stupid woman pose for that photo in the first place??? Sheesh. And this truth-challenged air head thinks she's competent enough to be your president.
I see Oprah Winfrey is shutting her show down, after a 25 year run. You may not like her politics or style, but you have to admire her for the empire she built. She started from nothing, and ended up being one of the world's richest women. And after all, isn't that the American dream??
And last, a sad story from up here. Last Friday, a newly minted pilot took off from Airlake Airport in Farmington Minnesota. He left around five pm, heading for a weekend of hunting with family and friends in far northwestern Minnesota. He never made it. They found the wreckage of his plane Wednesday evening, and recovered the body the next day. The thing that caught my attention is the fact he left so late in the day. It's my opinion, based on the ticket, (Instrument rated or night. From what I've read, he was VFR rated only.) it's not a good idea for freshly minted pilots to be making cross country flights at night. At night, it's a whole different environment when it comes to flying. Flying around the city is easy enough because of the sea of lights surrounding you. That gives you a visual reference to maintain your planes orientation. To be sure, flying VFR rules at night is legal. But, as I discovered from my own flying experiences, when you're flying over rural areas at night, you are, for all intents and purposes, on instruments due to the near complete lack of visual ground references. It wouldn't surprise me that when the NTSB comes back with the final report, they'll find he was in a descending turn, and impacted the ground at speed. Pretty sad. From all accounts, the newly-wed man was a decent guy. May he rest in peace.
“Death is a part of all our lives. Whether we like it or not, it is bound to happen. Instead of avoiding thinking about it, it is better to understand its meaning. We all have the same body, the same human flesh, and therefore we will all die. There is a big difference, of course, between natural death and accidental death, but basically death will come sooner or later. If from the beginning your attitude is 'Yes, death is part of our lives,' then it may be easier to face.”
Dalai Lama
Have you ever seen those commercials on late night TV for tax lawyers? You know, the ones that show people saying "I owed the IRS sixty gazillion dollars, but thanks to Ronnie, I only paid thirty two cents!!!" Well, have you ever thought that it's deadbeats like this who are costing YOU money, as the gummint raises taxes again to make up for losses like this??? PAY YOUR TAX BILLS you effing moe-rons!!!
The average age of a US car is now 9.4 years, according to a study conducted by R.L. Polk & Co., an automotive industry consulting firm. My own car, as noted in a previous post, is now past 200,000 miles and counting. That's amazing, when you consider that cars from the 40's and 50's didn't usually get past 100,000 miles about 70% of the time. Even though people seem to be hanging onto their cars longer, I gotta think that when the economy gets better, a lot of these older cars are going to be replaced by owners who would like something newer and fresher. That'll be fine with me. I've never bought a car brand new, and never will. I buy them when they have about 20k on them. This means I'm not taking the two to five thousand dollar depreciation hit new car buyers take after they sign on the dotted line. I still get as many miles out of the used ones as many do with new ones.
If Carribou Bambi didn't want herself on the cover of Newsweek in shorts, then why the hell did the stupid woman pose for that photo in the first place??? Sheesh. And this truth-challenged air head thinks she's competent enough to be your president.
I see Oprah Winfrey is shutting her show down, after a 25 year run. You may not like her politics or style, but you have to admire her for the empire she built. She started from nothing, and ended up being one of the world's richest women. And after all, isn't that the American dream??
And last, a sad story from up here. Last Friday, a newly minted pilot took off from Airlake Airport in Farmington Minnesota. He left around five pm, heading for a weekend of hunting with family and friends in far northwestern Minnesota. He never made it. They found the wreckage of his plane Wednesday evening, and recovered the body the next day. The thing that caught my attention is the fact he left so late in the day. It's my opinion, based on the ticket, (Instrument rated or night. From what I've read, he was VFR rated only.) it's not a good idea for freshly minted pilots to be making cross country flights at night. At night, it's a whole different environment when it comes to flying. Flying around the city is easy enough because of the sea of lights surrounding you. That gives you a visual reference to maintain your planes orientation. To be sure, flying VFR rules at night is legal. But, as I discovered from my own flying experiences, when you're flying over rural areas at night, you are, for all intents and purposes, on instruments due to the near complete lack of visual ground references. It wouldn't surprise me that when the NTSB comes back with the final report, they'll find he was in a descending turn, and impacted the ground at speed. Pretty sad. From all accounts, the newly-wed man was a decent guy. May he rest in peace.
“Death is a part of all our lives. Whether we like it or not, it is bound to happen. Instead of avoiding thinking about it, it is better to understand its meaning. We all have the same body, the same human flesh, and therefore we will all die. There is a big difference, of course, between natural death and accidental death, but basically death will come sooner or later. If from the beginning your attitude is 'Yes, death is part of our lives,' then it may be easier to face.”
Dalai Lama
