Tuesday, December 14, 2021

My father had a million and one sayings...

One of his favorites - the one I heard more than anything is - was 'If you have nothing good to say, shut the fuck up'... 

Not my Dad obviously but you get the point.
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California and New York will once again 
require residents to wear masks indoors. 
Both states are reinstating mandates as officials chart a worrying increase in omicron variant infections and Americans gear up for a busy holiday travel season.
In California, where more than 4,500 new cases are being reported every day, the statewide mandate will take effect Wednesday and last at least until Jan. 15. And in New York, with more than 10,500 new cases per day, the mandate took effect Monday and applies to all public spaces that have not implemented a vaccine requirement.
Officials in both states said the new measures were meant to stem the spread of the coronavirus — especially omicron — amid fears of another deadly winter wave. They also acknowledged that the moves underscore an exhausting truth about the pandemic: 
It is far from over.
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There are still instances you can find where 
pleasing is the eye is still as important as function. It's 
not difficult, you just have to be looking for it.
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This is how you achieve 'Rock Star Status' 
in this part of our country...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is seeking millions in his proposed budget package to transport illegal aliens and border crossers out of the state.
Late last week, DeSantis announced six proposals to cut illegal immigration in Florida by crippling the funding sources of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and corporations that help resettle border crossers for the federal government.
DeSantis also signed an emergency order that bans the issuance or renewal of all state licenses to Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) facilities that provide services to Unaccompanied Alien Children (UACs).
As part of his budget proposal, DeSantis wants $8 million to transport illegal aliens and border crossers out of Florida. During a press conference, DeSantis suggested sending the illegal aliens to President Joe Biden’s home state of Delaware or Martha’s Vineyard, where former President Obama is settled in a coastal mansion.
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Another of my Father's favorite sayings? 
'Lead, follow, or get the fuck outta the way...'
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Why can't it be both? Damn, dude - you 
suck the life outta everything...
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 How about a nice little stocking stuffer for the honey?
 
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Were you expecting someone like her to
 say something different? Juss' sayin'...
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Members of 'Ocean Rebellion', part of the 'Extinction Rebellion movement', protest outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels wearing business suits and fish heads - as if that makes sense to anybody but themselves. 
Some of us go to theaters to be entertained, others live a life of theater just to be fuckin' annoying.
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This is pretty cool - just takes a coupla seconds. It's an animated time-lapse of Allied Armies landing at Normandy and the 87 days that followed. Talk about kickin' ass and takin' names...
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I never saw these until yesterday. They're airless tires. 
Pretty friggin' cool looking too. They must cost a fortune.
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The deadly tornadoes that tore through Kentucky blew residents' personal belongings up to 130 miles away, with Midwesterners taking to social media to locate the owners of Bibles, family photos, baby quilts and Christmas ornaments they found. In one case, a picture dating back to 1942 was found in New Albany, Indiana - a whopping 130 miles away from where it originated in Dawson Springs, Kentucky. Others were able to use social media to locate the owner of a Veterans of Foreign Wars card from 1993 100 miles away, a prom picture from 110 miles away and a check from 85 miles away.
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But he'll never see it that way...
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Obviously this is a much older issue (I picked it because the cover art is brilliant) but I just wanted to share this memory with you guys. This magazine was in our house every month for about 20 years. Both my brother TJ and I were involved in Scouting over that time span. It was a good, wholesome mag for kids to read and learn shit. I doubt if anything even remotely close exists today for kids. Too bad...
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Do you know a woman who'd love and
 appreciate something as nice as these?
What are you waiting for - Christmas is in 11 days!
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"Follow the science" they keep saying, but the science is that lockdowns 
and idiotic fuckin' paper masks do absolutely nothing to stop the 
spread of the virus. Who knows - maybe it's just impossible to stop?
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I don't know if this is true or not 
but it's a cool story at least...

At age 17, Juliane Koepcke was sucked out of an airplane after it 
was struck by lightning. She fell over 2 miles to the ground still 
strapped to her plane seat and somehow lived.
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She probably had a harder
landing than Julie did...
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Back in the late 70's I had this exact model and color and everything. Unlike any T-Bird before, they tried to upscale the car, and it kinda kick-started the beginning of the end for the car. This friggin' car was a chic magnet of nuclear proportions. God damn I had a lotta fun in that thing.
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Great lighting and subject in this:

A man dressed as Santa orders a 'mystery-meat' kebab at a street party in 
the East Village. No clue what the meat was but fuck if they weren't delicious...
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 It's getting close to crunch time for gift buying, guys...
There's still time to get her  something really special...
 
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4 comments:

  1. True.

    Lightning hit the plane and it disintegrated. Not only did she survive the fall from almost 10,000ft, but her 11 days through the Amazon jungle to civilization is worth reading about.

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  2. That T-bird was nice, but did it have rrrrich Corrrrrinthian leather?

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