October 29, 1929…er…2008
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A mechanic was removing a cylinder-head from the motor of a motorcycle when he spotted a well-known cardiologist in his shop. The cardiologist was there waiting for the service manager to come take a look at his bike when the mechanic shouted across the garage, “Hey Doc, want to take a look at this?” The cardiologist, a bit surprised, walked over to where the mechanic was working on the motorcycle. The mechanic straightened up, wiped his hands on a rag and asked, “So Doc, look at this engine. I open its heart, take the valves out, repair any damage, and then put them back in, and when I finish, it works just like new. So how come I make $39,675 a year and you get the really big bucks ($1,695,759) when you and I are doing basically the same work?” The cardiologist
paused, smiled and leaned over, then whispered to the mechanic, “Try
doing it with the engine running!” |
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“Find a cruel man and you will see a coward.” – Anonymous
“When the sun of culture shines low, even dwarves cast long shadows.” - Friedrich Nietsche |
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On this day in history, October 29, 1863: An international conference in Geneva ends. In 1859 Henry Dunant, a Swiss businessman, arrived in Italy to discuss trade issues. Instead, he witnessed the Battle of Solferino. The engagement was part of the Austro-Sardinian War. Dunant was appalled by the carnage. About 40,000 men lay across the battlefield, dead or dying. There was no organized effort to help the suffering men. Dunant gave up his original plan and spent days helping with the treatment of the wounded, regardless of army affiliation. He also encouraged the local civilians to give medical treatment to any wounded soldier. Dunant wrote about the experience and self-published A Memory of Solferino. He sent copies to leaders, both political and military, throughout Europe. He not only graphically described the horror of the aftermath of battle, but advocated for the formation of national voluntary relief organizations as well as international treaties to permit their action. He sought to protect neutral nurses and medics on the battlefield. On February 9, 1863 Dunant and four other wealthy Genevans formed the Committee of Five. They hosted a three-day international conference attended by 36 individuals representing 14 nations. They laid the groundwork for the International Red Cross. “We’re not all in a position to suddenly show up in New Orleans and start handing out supplies, but you do what you can with what you have. I’m a radio guy. So I tried to put together something that would drive people to help out with the Red Cross.” - Chris Miller “The American Red Cross is one of the things you know you can depend on in time of crisis – always seems to be leading the charge – when something bad happens and we want to help, that’s where we go, to make sure we make a difference.” – Brooks and Dunn “When I was a young schoolboy at the Beijing Opera Academy in Hong Kong, I was very poor and yearned for some of the most basic things in life. My fellow students were in similar need and it was at this time that a representative from the Red Cross arrived, bringing us supplies. My classmates and I were so grateful and touched and I vowed to always remember this generosity.” – Jackie Chan |
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“If
you don’t like something change it; if you can’t change it, change the
way you think about it.” |
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I’m going to jump. The reason I get to say this again is not because
I haven’t taken a swan dive out my window before, it’s because my
window is only a few inches off the ground. All I would get is a headache,
and I already have one of those. As you probably know, our registrar is stuck in the 16th century.
At times I’d like to share her ignorance of the real world, but at
times I have to get paid for what I do, which is very much in the
21st century. I have a rack of 9 servers, all quad core with plenty
of memory, clustered raid arrays for storage (that’s a neat trick),
and so many toys I just wish I could play with them all. But I can’t. I don’t have the time. You see, I found out today that the faculty
are planning on classes teaching students how to use my web page.
Students use their accounts so I couldn’t just randomly change their
password, but I do have another system to test things on. I also gave the registrar’s office accounts on the live system for
them to test. I told them to test it, because the live clustered raid
thing works a little different than the test single server. They didn’t
exactly test it the way I had expected, because when they came into
my office to complain that something wasn’t working, I found 2 other
things that weren’t working. Kids will be bringing their own laptops to this class tomorrow. I’m
expected to fix all the problems before class. If I don’t, there will
complaints sent to… [wait for it…] me. Let’s all hope I’m as good as I think I am. Tim a’Musing |
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Re: What Did You Say? Mike said: Was this a case of free speech? A person should be able to talk any way they want to in their own home, but does free speech end at the open window? What if children were in the area and heard her? Does this mean stinky people whose body odor is offensive can be arrested because they assail my nose. Or even more needed, women who shower in perfume and absolutely reek as they enter a room? I want them arrested, too. I’m allowed to say any thing I want (I deleted the nasty term I first placed in there, however). And the `children’ with the ubiquitous question always asked, “What about the children?” What ABOUT the children? Have you been to a grade school lately? They swear like sailors out on the playground. I haven’t been to a preschool lately, but I bet there are scatological terms being bandied about in the absolute correct context there, too. I know my own grandchildren can use a pejorative term correctly when they want. They get reprimanded by the parent. My own son, who once told me to get fucked, [whole different story and it did not go unpunished] corrects their language and offers other words instead. But the kids know the words. I once had a neighbor who put her kids in their room and closed the door so she didn’t have to hear them screaming. She would open the window only a few feet from my deck. *I* got to hear them scream. So I went into my house and got a Sam Kinison tape and played it quite loud. She came into the room and shut the window. We were friends before and after the event in question. But she didn’t submit me to the screams. I didn’t call the cops in for disorderly conduct. I wonder if this wonderful man who was hired to serve and protect would have come to her aid if her husband had been beating her and she was screaming in agony. Or if he was just so religious he became enraged and used his power to subvert the law. - Patti Well, while I do indeed think that it is important to watch your language in certain situations, like out in the public and such where children and others can truly hear, I think that what one says in one’s own home is one’s own business. I do not know whether I’d have taken as drastic a step as this woman did after she was found not guilty, but I suppose it would depend upon how much trouble the arest caused me. So I wouldn’t really be able to answer that part, however I do believe that when you’re out where you can be heard by children and such that you should try to be more careful. I also find that if you’re in the habit of talking like that you’ll be so very used to it, you might not even realize you’re doing it. I know when I was working, I got out of the habit for the most part, I mean it wasn’t like I could sit at my computer and curse it even though I so very badly wanted to much of the time. So I would have to also say it is also a matter of manners as well. - Patty, Celine Kitty, the Rowdy Dog, and the Tazz Gee, Mike–I don’t know about watching your language in front of people–after that article I’m quite sure they are watching it for us. Frankly, I don’t give a flying expletive if someone doesn’t like the way I cuss out a piece of machinery that doesn’t work. I usually confine the bad words to that or my clumsiness around the house. The only time I’m driven to using worse language is when I’m driving, and you should hear my sweet hubby sometimes! Oh the things that man says, and he says he learned it from me, of course! So far it’s still a relatively free country here and you can say what you want, whatever some sanctimonious twit thinks. I’m glad she sued him. I’m even happier she won. Now it’s time for the smokers to grow a backbone too! If you don’t like the way someone talks, thinks, or does anything else, then you need to adjust your attitude first. That cop could have assumed it was a one time thing and none of his business instead of being a typical bully. - Ruth in Washington I hope the lady wins her law suit against the cop who arrested her for cussing in her own home. I don’t even care where she was, or who was standing near by. Language should never be stifled. Even kids can’t be protected from our less savory exclaimations. I learned the “f” word when I was 8 years old and my dad stepped on a jack my sister had left on his bedroom floor. It didn’t stunt my growth. It might have if he had heard me laughing into my pillow, but not because of what he said. - Lucille I try to mind my volume for all types of sound, out of consideration for the neighbors, but sometimes, when I get bad news, I’m glad the windows are shut and hope nobody was walking by. I’m glad that your newsmaker managed to send a “back off” signal to the police. I wish we had competing police agencies which were keen to charge each other as appropriate. - Bob of the North Re: Super-Size Me As an “under tall” person, I certainly agree with Sied that most things in life are accommodating taller folks. In fact, I am almost at the point of requesting a Booster Seat at most eateries. A table that used to come to just above my waist often comes closer to my chin in many places today. But I suspect there’s a double reason why. The heavier, fatter butts that sit on the bench seats in booths squish down the padding the same way they flatten the car seats and sofa cushions. So, an inch here, an inch there makes it hard on folks my size. Dining room tables are “standard” in all stores at 30 inches high today. Just 25 years ago, that standard was 28 inches. Chairs sat a bit lower to the ground then, too. And don’t even talk about what they’re doing to beds! But at least the makers of beds have a solution for us shorties. In a few up-scale stores you will find fancy steps to use to climb up onto those 27″ mattresses. They don’t SELL them for short people, though. They are promoted as an item that helps your pet doggie climb in with you. What stuns me most about taller humans, though, is the height of kids today. I do special craft programs with children’s groups and find I am often no longer the tallest person in the room when working with fifth graders! - Nancy L in Ohio Re: Subway Well, although I’ve never lived where subways are, I think that if the subway systems had been left to private business to build and maintain you’d most likely see a better system. Where I live the city is responsable for public transport. I’ve talked with many business persons who have wonderful ideas for our system, and have wished many times that they had the bus systems to run rather than our city government. The simple fact is that most of the ones deciding how much money should be put in to this system have never had to depend on it to get them around, and wouldn’t have the first clue how to navagate it if they had to. Oh! how I’d just love to see some of those old city board members have to try to figure out just how to manage to get to the doctor, Wally World, and then home all in one day, and without missing one transfer. I would have to just step back and watch them read the bus schedule, and then figure out where the stops are, because they didn’t want to spend the money to put up correct signs, and, oh yes, what if it were raining? Wouldn’t that just be great fun? They’d get to see how come I didn’t vote for them in the last local election because there was no shelter. That would in my eyes be great justice for them. Oh, but no, they’re safe and warm in their sweet cars and tooling along with out a care in the world, while they’re pulled up blocking the place where the bus is supposed to be able to let me off. - From Patty, Celine Kitty, the Rowdy Dog, and the Tazz Re: Limericks After reading the limericks in the past few editions of RGQ, I was appalled by what “The Phantom” had written about women in general. I was equally upset by the lack of response on the part of the ladies. I thought one of you would at least attempt to set “The Phantom” straight, whoever he is……… Disappointedly Yours, Rick in Roanoke |
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