The Blankets on Fire better call the fire department
by Bashki & Crumb
Left overs, when we're tired of chewing on Chris
>> On the subjects of engineers and dreams of independence, I should digress somewhat to say that I’m sure that I inherited the fascination for creative problem solving from my father. I realized this at a very young ageWow indeed. this guy was REALLY ANGRY about things back home in-Pennsylvania ---
>> The significance of independence, however, came much later during my early years of college; at the age of 18 or 19 when I was living on my own as student in an apartment in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. My neighbor was an elderly retired woman (80+ seemed ancient to me at that age) who was the widowed wife of a retired steel worker. Her husband had worked all his life in the steel mills of central Pennsylvania with promises from big business and the union that, for his 30 years of service
>> the situation was laughable because here I was living on peanut butter and bread (or Ritz crackers--- when I could afford to splurge) for months at a time.hard to STOMACH. what a scary-story--- from a mad who would be a mass murder.
>> To survive, I was forced to cannibalize my savings and retirement, the last of which was a SMALL IRA. This came in a year with MAMMOTH expenses and not a single dollar of income. I filed no return that year thinking that because I didn’t have any income there was no need. The sleazy government decided that they disagreed...
>> As government agencies go, the FAA is often justifiably referred to as a tombstone agency
>> The communist CREED: From each according to his ability, to each according to his need..
>> The capitalist CREED: From each according to his gullibility, to each according to his greed