Rambler 64

(NOTE: there will be a different type of one time item on Friday-the result of playing with a challenge and some notes from a reader and fellow blogger.)

Ben and Jerry's doesn't believe in stem cell research but is backing the ice cream clone.

Sinonyms-bad things done under different names

After the recent alleged scams: Madoff, Petters (MN only $3 billion), banks, mortgage companies, etc., it is only a matter of time until "The Adventures of the Robbing Hood."

We had some money in a local bank and left it there after the CD matured (waiting to see what the stock market was doing). They called at year end to say we had no activity on our account so they were going to charge us a $5.00 fee. So we created some activity; we closed the account. They had paid us little or nothing for the use of our money for a year and caused us to take it out. I can't imagine why banks are short on capital but they are short on common cents.

Politicians are known for their ability to give spintaneous speeches.

The Mayor of Vidalia, GA, gave his annual State of the Onion Address.

Tyson managers said, because of consumer complaints about finding feathers on the chickens in stores, their plucker factor has been greatly increased.

It certainly instills confidence to know that the new Secretary of the Treasury, entrusted with the control of trillions of dollars, "made a careless mistake" in his income taxes and was at ground zero when the current meltdown occurred.

Back in the 60's, while stationed in West Germany, our artillery unit took possession of its nuclear rounds. I think that was about the time where they were asking for volunteers to throw the atomic hand grenade. (Might have been the source of "flash memory.")

Fish oil and various supplements continue to be unregulated. I am talking about Congress, not the health supplement industry.

Detroit used to advertise that its cars could stop on a dime. Now they may stop on our billions.

GE used to tout its Six Sigma Quality Control. I suggest dropping a couple of their sigmas after buying an over the stove microwave that had the wrong part number for the charcoal filter for internal circulation. I will also subtract a couple more because of the instructions for putting in the filter.

After hearing about chimney fires due to soot buildup, we gave our fireplace a flue shot.

We can buy surge protectors for our electronics but we need splurge protectors from our Congressmen.

I entered my income (investments) tax information for 2008 into that software "Sicken."

The pilot of the stealth fighter said: "Read my blips."

After letting the cat out of the back I wondered who put it in there in the first place.