Chit Chat Thread for the week of August 04, 2008

Here is a video of what the kids next door to us did to Sparky last week!!

Hopefully it get no stronger than a tropical storm and only give us some rain.

I was always taught to respect my elders,
But it keeps getting harder to find one.

I like my women like I like my tractor.
I can't be any more specific than that, please don't ask me to explain.

think about this next phrase or idea long and hard.

standing there, the old man said to me "long before these crowded streets, here stood my dreaming tree"

below it he would sit, for hours at a time...
now progress takes away, what forever took to find...

http://www.bethechangeinc.org/servicenation?no_splash=1

Read between the lines on this one folks....

Check out who is sponsoring this:
http://www.bethechangeinc.org/servicenation/about_us/sponsor...

Still lead the AL East by 3 games!

Did anyone feel the ground shaking last week in LA ?

Yeah, the Rays are holding strong and playing well at home. It's not good for a Sox fan here, but gotta give the Rays their credit! They're still going strong and doesn't look like they are losing any stride.

In their short 10 years of life, they have finished in last place evey year except 2004 and have never made it to the playoffs. I'm not greedy, I would just like to see them make it into the post-season for the first time.

Although, I'm still waiting for the wheels to come off.

Since it's clear the Os won't contend again this year, I'm happy to root for the Rays. Anyone who takes out the Yankees is fine with me

The Cubs will rise again...

Nothing stays down forever....

Still waiting...

Still alive and here, although the Doc said I can not drive for two weeks starting 27 July.

"HAL" is patiently waiting for me...

Bill

Ask Mr. Sianis about that!

Brett Favre has been placed on the Green Bay Packers roster...

Just BBQ'd a couple of pounds of ribeye, sat on the balcony and enjoyed dinner with my wife.. Wonder what the rich people are doing.... I'm so lucky....

What a life...

After the near-death experience a couple of weeks ago, I'm preparing for the tax audit this week.

Anyone in Florida ever heard of Great Wraps?

Don't count the Yanks out just yet. Theres still a lot of ball to be played. Although the way things are looking now, i doubt we will make the playoffs this year. Oh well 13 years in a row was a good run.

Looks like we lucked out on this one. 65MPH winds as it hits.

HA.... Then I'm probably going to die any time now.

Two years ago I did some "side business" for a person, and when tax time came I waited for all my paper work, and nothing came in from the "side work" (i.e. 1099-MISC), so I guess he did it all under the table. SO I was like COOL, and filed my taxes appropriately. (I know, I should've reported it to begin with).
Well 2 weeks before April 15th, all of a sudden, what shows up, but a 1099-MISC. I was torqued, but I filed an ammended return right before the deadline. Well, 8 months later, what shows up but a certified letter from the IRS saying I'm going to be audited. I was like WTH??!!! So, I called the IRS waited on hold for 2 hours, and when I talked to the person, they said I didn't report those wages, and I said "I filed an ammended return, did you get it?? *Silence*, *crickets*... Oh, yea we got it, but fax it to us right now so we make sure we've got it all. So, luckily I had a fax in the house, and faxed over the 20 or so pages of ammended return, and they put us on hold while they looked it over and said, OH, everything's fine now, don't worry about the audit. We don't need to do it now.

So, I expect the Grim Reaper to show up at any moment....*Ding-Ding*...... crap.

We left home monday to get away from the cutting of grass and pulling weed. Needed a few days in the motorhome. Nice weather high 80 and low 60 at night. Home every one is enjoying going to work again. Retirement is great.

GAH! 100 months to go until retirement and then I'll be OLD.......

On Saturday I offered my wife a simple plan to make the day different for the kids (2.5 and 5.5) and we took a long bus ride to a somewhat local mall. By car it is 20 minutes but by bus was about an hour. The kids have been on the (LI) railroad but not on a City bus (but on school buses). We hadn't been to a mall in such a long time because it usually isn't too much fun with little kids.

The little diversion and change of venue, as subdued as I anticipated it would be turned out to be an amazingly enjoyable day for all of us.

A Quick Check for Alzheimer's

The following was developed as a mental age assessment by the School of Psychiatry at Harvard University. Take your time and see if you can read each line aloud without a mistake. The average person over 40 years of age cannot do it!

1. This is this cat.
2. This is is cat.
3. This is how cat.
4. This is to cat.
5. This is keep cat.
6. This is an cat.
7. This is old cat.
8. This is fart cat.
9. This is busy cat.
10. This is for cat.
11. This is forty cat.
12. This is seconds cat.

Now go back and read the third word in each line from the top down and
I betcha' you cannot resist passing it on.

Have a great day.
ohwogo nuvi 750

I don't have Alzheimer's

Called CRS.

As in Can't Remember S... um...what's that word???
.
.
.
.
.
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Oh yeah.... STUFF.

git yer minds out of the gutter....

I have been known to exhibit "conditional" or "selective" CRS. At least, that's what my wife tells me.

What about 'selective hearing'? I got a bad case of that.

I blame my tinnitus.

Those were some strong storms that came through Chicago last night. I was afraid the tree in the backyard was going to come in through the window!

Fortunately, we came through pretty much unscathed -- and with our electricity which is not the case for some 220,000 who might be out of power for the coming days ( http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-chicago-weather... ).

Alzheimer's isn't so bad _ you keep meeting new people all the time

Brett Favre leaves Packers training camp. The Tampa Bay Bucs are back in the rumor mill. Packers holding a news conference right now.

Go Rays!

We went to the first event of the season at Gillette stadium. The boys look ready. It almost made me forget about the last game of last season. Ssssssssshh, don't even say it.
Anyway, I'll share my photos of last night.

http://s539.photobucket.com/albums/ff358/CherylinMass/PatsAu...

"hard of listening"

Say what, Spy Gate? the rest of the country hasn't forgot!

Go Browns

No, NO, NO, You will just be starting a new young life over again, retired for 6 years and loving every day of it.

Thanks for the pics! It was just like being there. Let's hope for another great season!

i know i am. i cant wait until he gets hurt this year... then we may see the real boo hoo hoos . sob.
i have said it before and i will say it again... hurry the F#%& up and retire for good already.

I heard on the news tonight that Favre said that the Packers don't want him.

Yep, I really don't shiv a git.

I don't really follow sports. *GASP*
For a while there I didn't even know what was going on with the Brett Favre stuff.

Who?

By the time I retire, I'd be DEAD.

Brett who?

Retire, not retire, retire, not retire. PICK ONE!!!!

If you're even thinking of coming back, then you're NOT retiring, but taking a vacation. And to be truly retired, you should have to be GONE for one FULL SEASON. No talks with the league, owners, teams, no showing up to training, practice, scrims, meetings, or taking ANYTHING from them.