Rambler 43

Richmond: The State Supreme Court ruled on lucid intervals as a defense: “Yes, Virginia, there is a sanity clause.”

I bought an auger to drill holes for seeding my field. Since I was no longer planting pumpkin seeds, I had to use a gourdless drill.

I found the instructions on manners to be a math class-deferential equations.

Someone pointed out the fact that architects and realtors make about the same percentage on a building. One of these two has considerably more responsibility and liability than the other.

My tryout for the position of goalie on the dart team left me with lasting impressions.

On a similar note, Cheney's hunting partners are reportedly heading to Lookout, KY, for the hunting season.

The EPA, OSHA and other regulatory agencies have hundreds of lawyers writing the rules and regulations. Yet a small business CEO/owner or plant manager is expected to comply with all of the rules. (No wonder defense spending (by companies) is so high)

When asked if he knew the cause of the poor printing quality, the owner said he didn’t have an inkling.

In political speeches we encounter the hyperboles of trite angles.

The local women’s university began charging a fee for men coming on campus for dates. They said the “beau tax” was implemented without a wrinkle. (They were tight lipped about other changes)

Our son plays the piano in the high school marching band.

The Department of Energy, created by President Carter in 1977 to make us fuel independent as a result of that energy crisis, is now at a budget of $24 billion a year. The Department’s one idea since inception was to use food for fuel. It has sure made us independent, hasn’t it? Food for fuel also helped food costs hasn’t it? Maybe we should get rid of this department to save the energy used by the offices of the 16,000 employees.

Medical ideas are contagious. I was in a department store and asked a question. I was charged for the referral to a specialist in another department.

Hanoi, rickshaw owners-because of import limitations- said they are in a no Schwinn situation.

Sartell, MN, the two churches that made the state pray offs for the first time said they were both sending their “A” men’s team.

The high unemployment rate has led to a new TV reality series: “American Idle.”

Because of the bailout and the current economic conditions I am reading John Steinbeck’s: “The Winter of Our Discontent.”